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Is carbon capture and sequestration the answer to our climate woes or merely a way to preserve the fossil fuel industry? John Dyer reports. Politicians, corporate leaders and others have been calling for more...

Is carbon capture and sequestration the answer to our climate woes or merely a way to preserve the fossil fuel industry? John Dyer reports. Politicians, corporate leaders and others have been calling for more...

The 89th edition of the Geneva International Motor Show took place from 7-17 March, 2019 at the Palexpo. Recent years have seen many motor shows promising electric concepts, but the range of electric production...

Everyone knows that trees clean the air, but now scientists say they might even clear the mind. John Dyer reports. Children who grow up around trees, grass, bushes and other greenery are more mentally...

A re-evaluation of the health risks associated with air pollution shows an unexpected high mortality risk, especially due to cardiovascular diseases. Air pollution is clearly underestimated as a health hazard, notwithstanding the heated discussion...

A new type of solar panel has been developed at SINTEF, the first to store both electricity and heat. Moreover, researchers have succeeded in increasing its output dramatically by providing the panel with its...

Toilet paper is destroying North American forests – and with it, resources that are vital to the continent’s Indigenous Peoples. John Dyer reports. Environmentalists recently took aim at toilet paper. In a report entitled...

An ambitious proposal is stirring controversy and raising hopes for a more sustainable future in the United States. John Dyer reports. Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a newly elected...

Werner Hoyer, president of the European Investment Bank, has written an article for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, arguing that Europe is well poised to lead the green economy. John Dyer reports. Europe...

First launched in 2005 in the European Union, cap-and-trade markets are slowly but surely gaining ground around the world. John Dyer reports. Oregon Governor Kate Brown is looking for long-term solutions to the droughts...

The tiny South Pacific nation of Palau faced a huge environmental challenge a few years ago. Its people have now shown how even a small country can devise a big-impact strategy to cultivate sustainability....

Christmas trees on curbs symbolize the end of the season of giving, but they’re not quite done giving: pine trees have always been a treasure trove of sustainable, biodegradable materials. John Dyer reports. Some...

With plastic pollution long having hit record highs, researchers and entrepreneurs around the world are making serious advances in developing resource-friendly bioplastics. John Dyer reports from Boston. When Ocean Cleanup’s 600-metre-long floating net left...

While American investors are making record investments into sustainable assets, the sheer size of the volume suggest that some of the incentives are leading asset managers to ‘greenwash’ or exaggerate their ESG credentials. John...

Investors managing $32 trillion are accusing governments of failing to address the financial risks of climate change. John Dyer reports. Politicians around the world stood idle as a real estate bubble, Eurozone debt and...

New research shows that commonly held resources can be shared in a sustainable manner, overturning theoretical models that have dominated since the late 1960s. John Dyer reports. American ecologist Garrett Hardin painted a dismal...

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Peter E. Merian used to be Director of the Basler Börse and CEO Bank Sarasin, Board Member of National Zeitung and Basler Nachrichten AG and founding member of the Global Environmental Society.

Lord Anthony St John of Bletso is a qualified solicitor and Member of Board, Rados International. Former Vice President of Business Development of OCRA, consultant to Merrill Lynch, director of WMRC plc and Pecaso Ltd. and Non-Executive Director of Regal Petroleum, Lord Anthony is currently an extra Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen. Since 1997 to the present he has sat on the Member of Lords EU Select Committee A. He is a spokesman on African affairs, deregulation, financial services and information technology. President of Friends of South Africaand used to be Iegal advisor for Shell in South Africa.

Dr. Betrand Piccard is wellknown for the first ever non-stop balloon flight around the world. Doctor of psychiatry and psychotherapy, President of Solar Impulse, which aims to fly around the world in a solar driven aircraft without producing any polluting emissions, Bertrand hopes to draw the public’s attention to the inevitable changes needed to ensure our planet’s future energy resources and ecology and to give environmental protection a positive and stimulating image.

Dr. Marcelo Cavalho de Andrade is Doctor of Medicine and non-executive Chairman of Pró-Natura international, the first international environmental organization that manages sustainable development and conservation projects funded by international organizations, governments and the private sector in South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Marcelo has been appointed President of ECA –Earth Counsil Alliance a non-profit organization, created by Maurice Strong.